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bambocciata

American

[bahm-bawt-chah-tah] / ˌbɑm bɔtˈtʃɑ tɑ /

noun

plural

bambocciate

a genre painting of usually small size produced in Rome in the 17th century.

Etymology

Origin of bambocciata

< Italian, equivalent to Bambocci ( o ) a nickname of the Dutch painter Pieter van Laer (1592–1645), who popularized such paintings in Rome + -ata -ade ¹

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The work to which I allude is a little dramatical composition, the Bambocciata, or puppet-show, by Martelli, entitled The Sneezing of Hercules.

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